Psalms 40:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the LORD!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעֲלֵ֤נִי ׀ מִבּ֥וֹר שָׁאוֹן֮ מִטִּ֢יט הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ן וַיָּ֖קֶם עַל־סֶ֥לַע רַגְלַ֗י כּוֹנֵ֥ן אֲשֻׁרָֽי

Transliteration

Wayyaʿălēnî from bôr šāʾôn, from ṭîṭ hayyāwēn, wayyāqem upon selaʿ my raḡlay, kônēn my ʾăšurāy

Grammar Details

• *Wayyaʿălēnî*: Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular object suffix - 'and he brought me up'
• *bôr šāʾôn*: masculine noun + masculine noun in construct - 'pit of noise/destruction'
• *ṭîṭ hayyāwēn*: masculine noun + definite article + masculine noun - 'miry clay/mud of mire'
• *wayyāqem*: Hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and he set/established'
• *selaʿ*: masculine noun - 'rock'
• *raḡlay*: dual noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my feet'
• *kônēn*: Polel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'he established/made firm'
• *ʾăšurāy*: plural noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my steps'

Word Meanings

• *bôr šāʾôn*: pit of destruction/pit of noise/pit of tumult/horrible pit
• *ṭîṭ hayyāwēn*: miry clay/clay of mire/slimy mud/muddy clay
• *selaʿ*: rock/cliff/crag
• *kônēn*: established/made firm/secured/stabilized
• *ʾăšurāy*: my steps/my goings/my path

Referenced Verses

• Ps 33:3 : 3 Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!
• Ps 52:6 : 6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:
• Rev 14:3 : 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
• Ps 34:1-6 : 1 Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away. I will praise the LORD at all times; my mouth will continually praise him. 2 I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice! 3 Magnify the LORD with me! Let’s praise his name together! 4 I sought the LORD’s help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. 5 Look to him and be radiant; do not let your faces be ashamed. 6 This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
• Ps 35:27 : 27 May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say,“May the LORD be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure.”
• Ps 64:9-9 : 9 and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds. 10 The godly will rejoice in the LORD and take shelter in him. All the morally upright will boast.
• Ps 103:1-5 : 1 By David. Praise the LORD, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name! 2 Praise the LORD, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds! 3 He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, 4 who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion, 5 who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle’s.
• Ps 142:7 : 7 Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me.
• Ps 144:9 : 9 O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,
• Isa 12:1-4 : 1 At that time you will say:“I praise you, O LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me. 2 Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the LORD gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.” 3 Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance. 4 At that time you will say:“Praise the LORD! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.
• Acts 2:31-41 : 31 David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.” 37 The Response to Peter’s Address Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,“What should we do, brothers?” 38 Peter said to them,“Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.” 40 With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying,“Save yourselves from this perverse generation!” 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
• Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation. 10 You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”